On the afternoon of October 14, the opening ceremony of the 130th China Import and export commodities fair and Pearl River International Trade Forum was grandly held in Guangzhou. After three consecutive sessions of "full cloud", the Canton Fair restarted offline exhibitions.
At the press conference on the opening of the Canton Fair on October 13, Chu Shijia, deputy director and Secretary General of the Canton Fair and director of China Foreign Trade Center, said that preparations for the Canton Fair had been basically completed, including 400000 square meters of offline exhibition area, about 20000 booths and 7795 participating enterprises, of which more than 80% were private enterprises and nearly 100 overseas exhibitors; Online, there are about 60000 booths and 26000 Chinese and foreign enterprises participating in this Canton Fair. At present, online exhibition enterprises upload 2.78 million exhibits, a record high, including 860000 new products marked by enterprises. At present, enterprises are still actively uploading exhibits, with 2.82 million pieces and 88000 new products before the opening.
Online and offline integrated exhibition mode will become the new normal, and the Pearl River International Trade Forum will be held every year
Chu Shijia introduced that this Canton Fair held the national Pearl River international trade forum for the first time, which is the first national international trade forum in the development history of Canton Fair. It will not only greatly enrich the functions and connotation of Canton Fair, but also significantly enhance the international influence and radiation of Canton Fair.
Affected by the epidemic, global exchanges are limited and the international economic cycle is impacted. In this context, for the first time, with the theme of promoting domestic and international double cycle, the Canton Fair adopted the two wheel drive strategy of domestic and foreign investment promotion, and held a series of double cycle docking activities to encourage enterprises to explore both foreign and domestic markets.
"This Canton Fair promotes business innovation and implements the new mode of online and offline integrated exhibition for the first time, which will also become the new normal of the Canton Fair in the future." Chu Shijia introduced that this Canton fair not only maintains the characteristics of face-to-face interactive communication of offline exhibitions, effectively establishes mutual trust and achieves transactions, but also conforms to the trend of win-win economic development, which is conducive to displaying the corporate image, Meet the different needs of enterprises in various countries.
It is worth noting that overseas warehouse and shipping logistics enterprises will participate for the first time, and the Canton Fair will build a more perfect trade service chain. "These 'new' will also continue from the current Canton Fair. The Pearl River International Trade Forum will be held for the first time and will be held year after year; the theme of double cycle will also be adhered to for a long time, and the online and offline integrated exhibition mode will become the new normal," Chu Shijia said.
2.78 million exhibits were uploaded online, 1280 offline Guangdong enterprises attended the meeting, and "show strength" through online and offline dual channels
Chu Shijia said that the current Canton Fair has uploaded 2.78 million exhibits online, a record high. The 130th Canton Fair will be adjusted from the previous three phases to one phase for five days. It will be held online and offline simultaneously, and 51 exhibition areas will be set up according to 16 categories of commodities. Among them, the offline exhibition covers an area of about 400000 square meters. With brand enterprises as the main participants, we strive to build a high-quality brand exhibition and promote the double cycle of domestic and international; The online exhibition maintains the original 60000 booths and will continue to provide an online trade cooperation and exchange platform for 26000 enterprises and global buyers.
Zhang Jinsong, director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, introduced that there were 1280 offline exhibitors and 4682 booths in the province; There are 4292 online exhibitors and 12936 booths in the province.
"Guangdong takes the strength of the whole province to do a good job in territorial security." Zhang Jinsong said that Guangdong Province has established a high-standard territorial security leading group, headed by Li Xi, Secretary of the provincial Party committee, and Ma Xingrui, governor of Guangdong Province, as the first deputy leader.
At the same time, we will form a "1 + 8 + 16 + 23" complete scheme and plan system, strictly formulate and issue specific epidemic prevention measures, technical guidelines and emergency plans for key people, key areas, key links and key places, adhere to the "people, materials and museums" prevention, take multiple measures at the same time, and guard the four lines of defense of borders, cities, residential areas and venues to ensure that they fit closely and leave no dead corners.
As the "host" of the Canton Fair, Guangdong also actively organizes enterprises to participate in the Canton Fair. According to Zhang Jinsong, Guangdong Province has implemented more than 143800 registered purchasers. There are 1280 offline exhibitors and 4682 booths in the province; 4292 enterprises and 129.36 million booths participated online in the province.
The mascot "Haobao bee" and "HAONI honey" were released for the first time in 65 years
After global solicitation, the mascot of the 130th Canton Fair was officially announced, which is the first time in 65 years that the Canton Fair has its own mascot. "Haobao bee" and "HAONI honey", which symbolize loyalty, diligence, unity and dedication, will build a bridge connecting World Trade and friendship.
This pair of friendly bees are named "Haobao bee" and "HAONI honey" respectively. The Chinese name is not only the homonym of the English name, but also skillfully uses the Chinese traditional naming culture. It is not only full of praise and blessing for the Canton Fair, but also catchy, impressive and easy to spread.
Haobao is a boy's name. Bao is a homonym for bee, which means precious. It symbolizes that the Canton Fair is a shining treasure in the history of China's foreign trade development and has made important contributions to China's opening to the outside world and economic and social development.
HAONI, a girl's name and homonym for honey, means friendship and symbolizes that the Canton Fair is a link of friendship, a bridge of trade and a golden business card of China. It plays an important role in promoting friendly exchanges between Chinese and foreign people.
The initials of the two mascots are "good", which means that the seller is good, the buyer is good, China is good, the world is good, and good is good. Reflect China's adherence to the concept of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, constantly improve the level of opening to the outside world, so that made in China, created in China, Chinese brand and Chinese technology benefit the world, create a better life for people all over the world, and inject confidence and vitality into the stable development of the global economy.
